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Eleven-year-old Khadija Ahmed says her first visit to the Central Experimental Farm was awesome.
She was listening intently to a demonstration Saturday on how the Iroquois made soup with beans, corn and squash. The First Nations cleverly planted the veggies together. The squash leaves covered the ground, helping choke out weeds, while the corn provided nitrogen to the soil, which helped the beans grow, explained Claire Cossette, a guide at the museum’s test kitchen.
Her version of “Three Sisters Soup” was a slight update on the traditional recipe. “We’re going to put some noodles in. I don’t think they had noodles, but that’s OK,” she said cheerfully.
Khadija, her sister Kafia, 9, and brother Kaleb, 6, helped pour ingredients into the pot. At the end of the demonstration, everyone got a sample in a small plastic bowl. “I tried the best soup in the world!” exclaimed Kafia.
Their mom, Noura Ahmed, said she wasn’t deterred by the steady drizzle Saturday morning that kept the crowds away from the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum in the heart of the Experimental Farm. The museum has a packed weekend of activities to celebrate Thanksgiving and the harvest.
“I love it,” said Noura, who said it was her first visit to the museum. “(The kids) love nature, they love animals, so it combines both. We are in a big city, so we have to come to nature.”
And it’s an outing, she added. “If they’re happy, I’m happy.
“We’re not going to melt, right? And it’s a long weekend, I want the kids to have fun, to have a little story to talk about when they go back to school.”
Roaming around the farm was a perfect way to celebrate Thanksgiving, said Noura. “We have a lot to be thankful for. We have health, we have a beautiful family, somewhere to eat and sleep. A lot of people don’t have that today.”
Sasha Thacker-Smith checks out the sheep at Canada Agriculture and Food Museum during the special thanksgiving weekend events on Saturday.
For Khadija, the farm museum has all the essentials. “I love animals, and it’s outdoors,” she said. Her favourite? “My favourite animal is a dolphin,” confided the 11-year-old. “But I don’t think we’ll find any dolphins here.”
However, Khadija was more than satisfied with the chance to see horses, cows and sheep. A few minutes later, the Ahmed family joined a dozen people huddled under a tent for a lecture on chickens. The guide talked a mile a minute, imparting a steady stream of facts — did you know a hen with a red ear will lay a brown egg? — before producing a Barred Plymouth Rock for petting purposes.
Unlike some other animals at the farm, the black-and-white hen did not have a name. She lays about five eggs a week, said the guide. “She usually takes a couple of days off, she likes to relax.”
“She must be low on the pecking order,” joked one dad. “She doesn’t have a name, and she has to come out and get whacked by all the kids!”
Vanessa Burgin, 8, gets a chance to pet a hen at the chicken workshop.
Over at the cow barn, Glennys Smith was trying to keep up with her excited three-year-old granddaughter Sasha Thacker-Smith and family friend Cole, 7.
“Oh my God, it’s a bull!” yelled Cole as he spotted the huge animal in a stall. “Careful, you’re not allowed to touch,” cautioned Smith.
Smith, who was visiting from Toronto, said she loves the farm. “This is our favourite place to come with these guys. It’s fabulous.”
Thanksgiving at the Farm
Where: Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, 861 Prince of Wales Dr. There is a large paid parking lot.
When: Oct. 8 to 10, from 9:30 to 4 p.m.
Highlights:
Three Sisters Soup making demonstration: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Alqonquin cooking demonstration: Includes how to make bannock, moose stew, wild rice stuffed mushroom caps and Pikoodinigan, a maple reduction dessert. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Apple cider making and testing: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Apple cider doughnut making: 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m.
Groom a calf: 10:15 a.m.
Meet the chickens: 11:15 a.m.
Full schedule: http://cafmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/whats-on/event-thanksgiving-weekend.php
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She was listening intently to a demonstration Saturday on how the Iroquois made soup with beans, corn and squash. The First Nations cleverly planted the veggies together. The squash leaves covered the ground, helping choke out weeds, while the corn provided nitrogen to the soil, which helped the beans grow, explained Claire Cossette, a guide at the museum’s test kitchen.
Her version of “Three Sisters Soup” was a slight update on the traditional recipe. “We’re going to put some noodles in. I don’t think they had noodles, but that’s OK,” she said cheerfully.
Khadija, her sister Kafia, 9, and brother Kaleb, 6, helped pour ingredients into the pot. At the end of the demonstration, everyone got a sample in a small plastic bowl. “I tried the best soup in the world!” exclaimed Kafia.
Their mom, Noura Ahmed, said she wasn’t deterred by the steady drizzle Saturday morning that kept the crowds away from the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum in the heart of the Experimental Farm. The museum has a packed weekend of activities to celebrate Thanksgiving and the harvest.
“I love it,” said Noura, who said it was her first visit to the museum. “(The kids) love nature, they love animals, so it combines both. We are in a big city, so we have to come to nature.”
And it’s an outing, she added. “If they’re happy, I’m happy.
“We’re not going to melt, right? And it’s a long weekend, I want the kids to have fun, to have a little story to talk about when they go back to school.”
Roaming around the farm was a perfect way to celebrate Thanksgiving, said Noura. “We have a lot to be thankful for. We have health, we have a beautiful family, somewhere to eat and sleep. A lot of people don’t have that today.”
Sasha Thacker-Smith checks out the sheep at Canada Agriculture and Food Museum during the special thanksgiving weekend events on Saturday.
For Khadija, the farm museum has all the essentials. “I love animals, and it’s outdoors,” she said. Her favourite? “My favourite animal is a dolphin,” confided the 11-year-old. “But I don’t think we’ll find any dolphins here.”
However, Khadija was more than satisfied with the chance to see horses, cows and sheep. A few minutes later, the Ahmed family joined a dozen people huddled under a tent for a lecture on chickens. The guide talked a mile a minute, imparting a steady stream of facts — did you know a hen with a red ear will lay a brown egg? — before producing a Barred Plymouth Rock for petting purposes.
Unlike some other animals at the farm, the black-and-white hen did not have a name. She lays about five eggs a week, said the guide. “She usually takes a couple of days off, she likes to relax.”
“She must be low on the pecking order,” joked one dad. “She doesn’t have a name, and she has to come out and get whacked by all the kids!”
Vanessa Burgin, 8, gets a chance to pet a hen at the chicken workshop.
Over at the cow barn, Glennys Smith was trying to keep up with her excited three-year-old granddaughter Sasha Thacker-Smith and family friend Cole, 7.
“Oh my God, it’s a bull!” yelled Cole as he spotted the huge animal in a stall. “Careful, you’re not allowed to touch,” cautioned Smith.
Smith, who was visiting from Toronto, said she loves the farm. “This is our favourite place to come with these guys. It’s fabulous.”
Thanksgiving at the Farm
Where: Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, 861 Prince of Wales Dr. There is a large paid parking lot.
When: Oct. 8 to 10, from 9:30 to 4 p.m.
Highlights:
Three Sisters Soup making demonstration: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Alqonquin cooking demonstration: Includes how to make bannock, moose stew, wild rice stuffed mushroom caps and Pikoodinigan, a maple reduction dessert. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Apple cider making and testing: 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Apple cider doughnut making: 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m.
Groom a calf: 10:15 a.m.
Meet the chickens: 11:15 a.m.
Full schedule: http://cafmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/whats-on/event-thanksgiving-weekend.php
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